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Apple – iPad – The best way to experience the web, email, & photos By on Thursday January 28th, 2010 3 comments
I want to be like her when i grow up: The women I look up to in Tech entrepreneurship By on Wednesday January 27th, 2010 4 comments
Just got back from TheNextWomen strategy for entrepreneurs event at Sun Microsystems where Newspepper were hired to film the event.
I felt inspired to write a quick post on women who I really look up to and respect in the Internet & technology/entrepreneurship space. I’ve been to so many events over the past two years and heard/witnessed so many amazing women doing incredible things – These are the sort of women I have loads of respect for and sometimes think to myself ‘Yeah, I want to be like her when I grow up’.
I will probably always be more fluff than tech and never grow up, but here goes:
Reshma Sohoni
Reshma runs Seedcamp on a day-to-day basis as its CEO. She joined Seedcamp from the Venture team at 3i. Prior to 3i, Reshma spent over 3 years at Vodafone in their Commercial Strategy team, working across the Europe and Japan footprints in marketing strategy and pricing functions. Reshma started her career in the US in investment banking (Broadview) and venture capital (Softbank).
Besides the amazing bio, why I like Reshma: Reshma is completely on the ball -she knows exactly what she is talking about when it comes to tech startup funding and tells others how it is ‘If you’re a tech startup and not reading TechCrunch or a similar tech blog every day to keep up with what’s going on in your market, then you’re doing something wrong’.
Marissa Ann Mayer (born on 30 May 1975) is the Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at the search engine company Google. She acts as a gatekeeper for their product release process, determining when or whether a particular Google product is ready to be released to users. She has become one of the public faces of Google, providing a number of press interviews and appearing at events frequently to speak on behalf of the company.[3]
Besides the amazing bio, why I like Marissa: I’ve seen her present at a number of huge conferences (consisting of nearly all male audiences) she is always composed even when asked the trickyiest Google hater questions.
Sarah Miriam Lacy (born December 29, 1975 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American technology journalist[1] and author.
She co-hosts web video show Yahoo! Tech Ticker[2] and is a columnist at TechCrunch, BusinessWeek and Fox News.[3]
She is noted for an interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the 2008 South by Southwest Interactive festival in which Zuckerberg told her she would have to actually ask questions and the audience staged what has been characterized as a revolt.[4][5] Her response, posted on her Twitter account, was “Seriously screw all you guys. I did my best to ask a range of things.”[6]
She is the author of Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good, which also goes under the title “The Stories of Facebook, Youtube and Myspace”.
Besides the amazing bio, why I like Sarah: She never had any formal training as a journalist, yet I think she is one of the best journalists on the web- Her posts are well researched and always based on facts. She gets an extremely bad wrap from nasty Internet trolls who sometimes even post comments on her posts that are close to death threats. Does that stop her? No, she gives them the middle finger by being courageous and carrying on reporting on what she loves; Internet, tech and Web 2. 0 culture.
Simone Brummelhuis
Simone Brummelhuis trained as a lawyer and is now the founder of The Next Women, A business magazine for Female Internet Heroes. News Interviews Startups Funding Community. Founder, entrepreneur, CEO, TV, Pitching Events
Besides the amazing bio, why I like Simone: Being Dutch Simone doesn’t take any bulls**t. She knows what she wants, is realistic and yet still very approachable.
Shaa Wasmund
In 1994 Wasmund started her own PR firm which managed the launch of Dyson vacuum cleaners.
In 2007 Wasmund established a partnership with fellow entrepreneur Dan Wagner to launch Bright Station Ventures, an investment vehicle with $100 million of capital dedicated to investing in ideas and seeding young technology businesses. Wasmund’s most recent project is a site dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs and small business owners. Smarta.com was launched in January 2009 and combines editorial, user-generated content and business networking facilities.
Smarta.com is supported by leading entrepreneurs including Theo Paphitis, Deborah Meaden, Michael Birch and James Dyson and receives financial backing from Vodafone, NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Besides the amazing bio, why I like Shaa: Someone once told me -”That girl [Shaa] could draw money from a stone, referring to her skills of raising finance for her ventures”- We all know how hard raising capital is so well done Shaa! Go Girl!
Bindi Karia
Bindi is the VC/Emerging Business lead for Microsoft UK and is the UK-based member of the Emerging Business Team. She is responsible for managing the UK Startup Accelerator Programme where she focuses on how Microsoft can drive success for leading edge and early-stage technology companies. She is also responsible for managing the relationships with the UK Investor Community, including Venture Capitalist, Angels and other Investor Organisations. Her previous role at Microsoft was as a Business Productivity Advisor, where she was responsible for managing relationships with the most influential business decision-makers in the UK Financial Services Sector.
Besides the amazing bio, why I like Bindi: It’s simple: Although Bindi works for the big old corporate Microsoft she is just totally young, cool and awesome so she makes Microsoft (a little bit) awesome too!
iPhone on steroids?! More like a glorified e-reader (but I still want one) By on Wednesday January 27th, 2010 2 comments
Picture borrowed from Mashable (thanks!)
Okay! People! So it’s launched -Apple’s new iPad (sounds like Tampax pad, but never mind). Our silicon valley reporter was live blogging from the launch on my Facebook wall so I grabbed the screen shots here- they came out really small, sorry but there’s some good info there.
You can see a full, proper review over at Mashable here
I will be getting one dependent on it being not much more than my current iPhone plan as I already pay far too much. The iPad is priced lower than geeks were expecting, priced at $499.
I’m not happy it doesn’t have a video/stills camera and if you cant make calls through apps like Skype over 3G then it’s pointless carrying that around as well as having to carry an iPhone-boooooo!
Well it sounds more like a glorified e-reader than, as many predicted, an ‘iPhone on steriods’, but I still want one big time and with that price it’s (just about) afforadable depending on the plan deal and how much money I make this year.
Our Silicon Valley Reporter live from the Apple event, (and my response).
Showing those Yanks how we do it Euro style: SeedCamp in NY! By on Tuesday January 26th, 2010 2 comments
This was taken by our NY correspondent -It’s the SeedCamp peeps pitching in NY!
Music Tuesday on YouTube-Lady Gaga remixes! By on Tuesday January 26th, 2010 No comments
Some awesome video this morning from YouTube user’s uploading music videos for YouTube’s Music Tuesday – Lady Gaga remixes
This one took 42 hours to make:
Hi my name is Chloe and I’m a Social Media addict – Motorola DEXT Android phone review By on Tuesday January 26th, 2010 5 comments
So I’ve had the new Motorola DEXT phone for a couple of months now – since it launched in the UK last year – and I’ve gotta say if you are a social media addict like me – I can’t put the thing down!
One of my favourite features is the The Happenings function where you receive your Facebook & Ttwitter feeds all under the same stream in ‘real time’. So every time one of my friends updates their profile picture, adds a new photo album, tweets and twats – the stream updates automatically. This can get fairly overwhelming & tedious at times- especially if you have loads of contacts to scroll through – But I really like this feature. Especially when I’m on the tube and I have no reception, I can catch up on the latest news and social happenings.
Because the Motorola DEXT is the first phone to use the Moto Blur technology and integrate social media platforms, I can update my statuses across most platforms from Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm, Myspace and Bebo. I don’t use the last two social media platforms, however, I have rejoined MySpace specifically because the Motorola DEXT has the option to add these accounts. Although MySpace is considered a dying ‘social media breed’, I think it is an excellent resource for new bands to expose their music and I want to use it to discover up-and-coming bands – much like Spotify and Last.fm.
Also, the phone brings in all your contacts across all social platforms and you have them all under one list – which is very nifty when I’m are meeting so many people all the time and I usually add their twitter username first – So now they are in my contact list and I can keep tabs on their activity. In other words, as my business relationship grows I can add their other social media accounts under their contact details – as well as their direct email, mobile phone number and picture.
The only negatives I’ve come across is that the phone takes a while to start up – which can be frustrating because we are so used to instantaneous information – and that the battery runs low after one day – which is quite usual for smart phone but this really annoys me – especially if I have to take the charger everywhere I go! There might be a few other glitches that crop up as I continue to use the phone – but so far so good.
The handset also has the option of multiple-touch screen or keypad – but I prefer the keypad. Much sturdier and quicker for me to use. Plus it has Google Maps – just like the iPhone – which is heaven because I’m constantly relying on this service when I’m running between meetings and finding locations for shoots.
The phone also has a 5 mega-pixel camera and video camera. When I first got the phone – it was snowing – so I took the chance to test the video features during a Winter walk through Hampstead Heath one day. You can check out the video and picture quality below:
Overall I think the Motorola DEXT relies heavily on the social media aspect but I love this emphasis as I can get all my messages and emails under the one roof and only tend to use it out and about. Otherwise I prefer to be back at ”my office” aka my laptop replying to emails and messages when working and just use my phone as a ‘checking device’.
So do you own a Motorola DEXT? What are your thoughts?
Get Seen by Steve Garfield-Must have book for how to build your business online By on Monday January 25th, 2010 2 comments
It’s not every day you’re on the cover of a book – But today I am-woooohooooooo!
‘Get Seen’ By Steve Garfield is a must have if you’re looking to get eyeballs and build your business online.
Buy now here
Our Barcelona correspondent -Tom Hayton will be at MWC2010! By on Monday January 25th, 2010 No comments
That’s right our very own Barcelona correspondent Tom Hayton will be bringing us video coverage from the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona on the 17th Feb! Make sure you check here for news, interviews and reviews of one of Europe’s hottest tech conferences.
During the 2010 GSM World Mobile Congress, our lovely video sponsors TechCrunch Europe will be returning to Barcelona for yet another interactive and live-video-streamed session featuring some of the most innovative and interesting mobile startups and investors in Europe.
To submit your idea for a speech/presentation, apply to be a panelist, or apply to pitch your startup please contact editorial via email.
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And the winner of the Techfluff.tv iPhone Boot Camp Scholarship is… By on Monday January 25th, 2010 No comments
Last year’s iPhone Boot Camp winner Kate Ho picked this year’s winner and she choose …drum roll please…Elvin Ali from Turkey! She won because she had a kick ass CV, one we’d never seen anything like before!
Congratulations Elvin!
We will publish her kick-ass CV if she gives us permission.
About the London iPhone Boot Camp:
The three London iPhone Boot Camp starts this Friday January 29. It’s a full 24 hours of training in
a small workshop with a great deal of hand on exercises, under the instruction of leading iPhone developer
Charles Gamble.
Its not often that we have a training in London. The last one was June 2009, so if you interested in learning the basics to the more advanced features of the iPhone SDK this workshop will save you allot of time.
For more info and to register: http://londoniphone2.eventbrite.com/
Also if you are in San Fran for the probable launch of the iSlate/ Tablet then listen up Techfluff friends:
Greetings from the iPhone Boot Camp,
If any London Developers are going to be in San Francisco/Silicon Valley for the launch of the
new Apple iTabllet/iSlate January 27th the iPhone Boot Camp is having a very large and very FREE event that evening and their is still some seats left.
Developers’ Town Hall Meeting, January 27th, 7 pm, at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View.
The meeting has been called to discuss the latest announcements from Apple in the morning of the same day leading engineers from Apple, Google, Palm, Microsoft, Nokia will be attending to hear what iPhone developers’ reaction to the new announcements. This is an open forum and all are invited to participate.
The meeting will be chaired by iPhone Boot Camp trainers and co-founders of Inedible Software. Inedible Software has produced some of the most popular apps in the app store, including Air Guitar, Shotgun Free, Shotgun Pro, POW and Song Sift. Shotgun Free was the #2 free app for over two weeks and has been on the Top 100 free list for over 6 of the last 9 months.
Annoying Orange Wazzup! By on Sunday January 24th, 2010 No comments
This video is brilliant!
